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In the best interest of my left hand I find it necessary to take a short break from blogging.......that nasty staph infection has refused to go away and with no signs of it improving I need to stop using the computer......every time I go online to type the finger resembles W.C. Fields nose.....not a good thing.....I hope I can return soon and catch up with my Weekends in Paris....but in the meantime...remember.....Don't garden without gloves!! See you all soon.....

Welcome to another week of Weekends in Paris... Everybody's favorite city..... K Beau leaves for the City of Lights in the morning and I wish her a safe and fun trip and Cathy...one of the Darling Bakers says Bon Voyage next month....What lucky ladies!! This week we are viewing the famous Paris Rooftops.....Enjoy!! Taken from atop Montmarte Most of the roofs are covered in tile.....isn't it cool. Taken from atop a Penthouse apartment that we visited...Can you imagine living this close to the Eiffel Tower.... I love the French flag.....It's almost....almost....as nice as our flag... Our neighborhood cat across the street......I would watch his acrobatics all day long...He loved to have his picture taken.. another view of the Tower.....with tin roofs in the forefront... No cable t.v. for these folks!! How old do you think this building must be?? And another shot of "Jimmy" the cat.... Yes, his name was Jimmy.... He was a very daring cat. Stop back next week when ...

Hi and Welcome to another edition of Susan's Tablescape Thursdays..... Hosted by the decorator extraordinaire at www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com Stop by Susan's site to see links to all the other ladies participating this week in this Oh...So.. Much.. Fun... Activity.... This week over at the Darling Bakers where I contribute very little compared to my other Darling Ladies....we had a St. Patrick's Day Party... It was all about the food with some green thrown in... My table was not very creative....just lots of green. The food on the other hand was pretty darn good....So here's a simple table and some really good eats!! Another quilt was pulled out just for the occasion Along with all my green pitchers....plates and platters... The Romaine sure was green..... another excuse to bring out the dinner china.... An old coffee cup....a tiny milk pitcher and my favorite a butter pat plate. How cute is that? Polka dot napkin......Nope....polka dot tissue paper... T...

This falls into the category of "It can only happen to Sue..." A month ago I had new shoes put on the Bug...... I was looking for an American made tire...didn't want one from Taiwan, China, Korea or Japan...... After all it is a German car.....After calling around to everywhere I found the best price and the right tires at Big Ten Tires over by the mall......Knowing I could leave the car and spend an hour or so wandering through TJMaxx and Marshall's I went over to get them installed....Not thinking to look at them before driving off I got home to find something other then Bridgestone tires on the baby...... After a month of many calls from the "Boss" to the manager....and then to the district manager we got the call that they had "Real" Bridgestone tires in and to come over to get them put on......So this morning and against my better judgement to wake up early in the rain and drive over.....I showed up at 10:00 at Big Ten....I was the only one in...

Have your ever had a sauerkraut dog from a New York City cart? Sitting in that cloudy water for probably days at a time....if you can get past that it sure does taste good...probably the best kraut you have ever tasted....So we set out to replicate that taste at home and we achieved our goal...with the Boss at the helm we came up with a recipe that is so tasty you swear you were eating on the corner of Park Ave. and 50th.....here's the recipe... 1 large bag of sauerkraut (we used Hebrew National)this can be found in the hot dog section of the store. 1 large red skinned potato shredded 1/2 large onion....red or yellow shredded 1/2 Granny Smith apple shredded You can use a Cuisinart to shred or a hand grater... 1 heaping tablespoon of Dijon mustard Add all of the above except the mustard into a heavy pot with a lid...add about 1 cup of water. Cook on medium heat uncovered for 1/2 hour....stir a few times and add water if you need to. Then cook an additional hour with the pot covered ...

Welcome to Week 4 of "Weekends in Paris!" It's me, Weef , aka Sue's daughter, and I'm this week's "Guest Blogger". This is very exciting as I've never been asked to guest blog before! So, here goes... This week's theme is "Touristy Paris" and what better to start off a tourist's journey in the city of light than with an image of the Eiffel Tower! When the Mom and I stayed on the Rue de la Clef, our first stop after getting off the plane (and taking a nap...) was to head over to the Eiffel Tower. I don't know what it is about it, but it's just really neat and these days I've got Eiffel Tower stuff all around my home... even a giant wire sculpture of it that I got at the Pottery Barn in Soho years ago after managing to (with the Mom) fit into a cab... but that's a story for another time! The Eiffel Tower is certainly a "Must See" if you're ever visiting Gay-Paree. But, take this word of advice-- there...

If it's Thursday it must be our favorite sport of the week! Tablescape Thursdays with Susan...... Our Tablescape "Diva" at http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ Stop by Susan's site for links to everyone participating in this fun weekly event. HAPPY 50TH. BIRTHDAY BARBIE!!!!! Do you remember when you received your very first Barbie doll? I do and it started out as the all time worst birthday of my life.......It was October 8, 1959.....Barbie had just come on the scene on March 10th of that year and she was the hottest thing to hit town....Every girl wanted a Barbie doll including me.....My birthday came and the folks did not get me Miss B....I was heart broken. Then to make matters worse I was shunned by the neighbor friend who was younger then me... Wendy Combs lived next door and was a semi-friend.....meaning she only had to be friends with me because I lived next door.... So that day she was going down to Superior Pharmacy with her "real" frien...